Here is what I do for same sex relationships.........It's not perfect but it helps.
I enter the same sex partner as the spouse, which of course makes that partner the wrong sex, and then click on marriage information and then click on the "Wording Options" tab. From there you can at least change the labels in the Family View to whatever you wish.... Female and Female.......Female and Same Sex Partner....Wife and Wife, etc. Hope this helps. Rita in South Carolina -----Original Message----- From: Charani [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 6:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Same sex "marriage" and other non standard relationships. ArdenholmeGenealogy wrote: > Ian, I wholeheartedly support you in that Legacy needs to be > forward thinking in including today’s society and not > yesterday’s. I have many friends who are gay and have been living > with their partners for many years that we no longer bat an eyelid > to these things. One of those friends has been researching his > family history for over 30 years and it would be a real shame if he > came across Legacy (I’m sure others have) and finds that it > doesn’t support same sex relationships. If the Government accept > civil marriages, I’m sure designers and programmers at Legacy are > too! ☺ I wouldn't want to see Legacy changed in such a way that same sex relationships were regarded at the norm. Perhaps "Partner 1" and "Partner 2" could be the normal with options to customise with Male/Female, Husband/Wife, etc. This could also cover relationships where a male/female couple aren't/don't marry but the date on which they got together to form a family unit is wanted. I know there is a box that can be checked to indicate a couple didn't marry but it isn't immediately obvious they didn't, esp if a date is also included. There's also the instances where there's an illegitimate child and an alleged father. Something else I would like to see is the dropping of "Unknown" for the father where a child is illegitimate together with the indication the mother had had a relationship with the child's father. Rather than include all the various options as standard and thus making Legacy ungainly and bloated, it might be better (from my point of view) to simplify it but allow customisation. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Ashcott, Shapwick, Greinton and Clutton, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
